What’s another Friday without an update from WhatsApp? (Seriously, the last four updates were all on a Friday, crazy, eh?) The famous messaging service used to see monthly updates but now it seems to be on the Facebook-fast track, getting an update per week. We’re okay with that and we’re sure you are too as the service has steadily grown into a reliable and fantastic messaging app for Windows Phone.

Earlier this week, WhatsApp turned on their Voice Messaging service on all platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. It was a slick move by the company and was seen as a largely successful move to fight off the likes of Voxer and other competitors.

Now, version 2.11.40 is live in the Store and it brings some “Voice Messaging improvements”, which is kind of vague yet also revealing. Clearly that new feature will need a couple of tweaks here and there and that’s what this update brings.

Overall, WhatsApp’s Voice Messaging is a pretty great feature to get tacked on for free. Are you folks using it? Let us know in comments.

Otherwise, grab your WhatsApp version 2.11.40 update here in the Store right now to get your weekend started! All Windows Phones.

I am facing notification issue in whatsapp and it is really annoying because at times i miss some important messages as we cant just open watsapp every 5 minutes to check if there is any new message o r not.

WhatsApp or WHATSAPP or whatever is a reason why I'm so disappointed in WP and my Lumia 820. I stayed loyal to Nokia (switched to Lumia after using Nokia X7), and in terms of using WhatsApp, which is one of the most important application for me, and I made a huge mistake. I really don't understand if it's WhatsApp, WP or Nokia issue that notifications are from time to time late, and arriving only when I use the application itslef (not arriving when in backround), and as user, I really don't care. It's so frustrating, that I'm actually thinking about leaving Nokia, leaving WP, and do what my friends were suggesting me, got myself Android, where obviously there aren't such issues. I was looking forward to each new update, but no significant improvement.

Music files that are sent to me by my friends on WhatsApp don't seem to play on my Lumia 920. I wonder why, cuz i thought that almost all the music formats are supported on the Lumia 920. Any thoughts.?

Anyone else getting the message that "there is a problem with push notifications" and that a phone restart is required? Getting this almost everytime i use whatsapp. And i have tried restarting my phone but it keeps happening.
Any ideas/news on a fix?

Every update they release makes me happier about my decision to stop using and recommending Kik. I just wish they had delivery/sent/read similar to BBM. Unless someone can clarify what the check marks identify.

Thanks for that. Does the time stamp show when they were last using the app? Or the last time they read your conversation? It says, "last seen online at.." what if they opened the app to read another conversation?

Check whatsapp on android, or wechat on windows phone 8 with background images, on every chat u can put different image, its an small thing but makes chatting more awesome, but multiple image sending is a must have, plz whatsapp add that soon

They better address it, it's a huge issue for a lot of apps and is only hurting the platform when I need to tell someone they can't send vids on WA. If they were even considering moving to WP that kills it for most people.

I think so, so long as your friends/family are using it too (it's all on platforms, so no reason why not). It's fast, free, you can send photos, video clips, audio, your location, plus have a history of those items, backup your messages and probably more. The really cool part is you know if the recipient received the message and if they read it.

It's also based on your phone number, not an account, so it means your friends/family can easily find you on their phones since it checks their phone book.

Bang on with to all your points Daniel..!
The only hurdle is the always-connected-to-the-internet restriction ... Back home in India, constant mobile data plans are still not as widespread .. only reason to NOT consider Whatsapp imho...

Dan, I think as per the FAQ in Whatsapp, it mentions that the first tick mark is "Delivered to server" and the second tick mark means "Delivered to the Mobile". it does not mean that the person has read it.. here is the linkhttp://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951546

The only problem being the battery hog that WhatsApp on WP8 is. It drains my Lumia 920's battery in 4-5 hours on 3g. I am really worried about that and i soo want them to fix that, like on iOS, its not that inefficient. I cant help but compare. :)

I certainly think so... text messaging has gone obsolete in my circles and everyone's on Whatsapp these days..
I quite like the new feature - haven't checked it after this update yet though.. my only gripe being that you have to hold down the on-screen key while recording... hopefully thats changed with this update to a "press-to-start , press-to-stop" implementation..

Not everyone has unlimited texts on their contracts. Here where I live you need to spend a minimum of about $200/m to get unlimited texts on contract which is retarded. Whatsapp is hugely popular here, all my friend's use it and I can message friends and family overseas for free :)

Got to admit, Whatapp was worthless to me until I went to another country. The only way I was able to communicate with folks back home was through this app. Now that I am back, I'm trying to convince my friends to switch so I can drop my text messaging plan.